Chapter 88, 26 verses
Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?
Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming ?
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,
On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
Laboring, toiling,
Working [hard] and exhausted.
Toiling, weary,
Entering into burning fire,
They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
Scorched by burning fire,
Made to drink from a boiling spring.
They will be given drink from a boiling spring.
Drinking from a boiling spring,
They shall have no food but of thorns,
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant
No food for them save bitter thorn - fruit
Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.
Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.
Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
(Other) faces on that day shall be happy,
[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.
In that day other faces will be calm,
Well - pleased because of their striving,
With their effort [they are] satisfied
Glad for their effort past,
In a lofty garden,
In an elevated garden,
In a high Garden
Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.
Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.
Where they hear no idle speech,
Therein is a fountain flowing,
Within it is a flowing spring.
Wherein is a gushing spring,
Therein are thrones raised high,
Within it are couches raised high
Wherein are couches raised
And drinking - cups ready placed,
And cups put in place
And goblets set at hand
And cushions set in a row,
And cushions lined up
And cushions ranged
And carpets spread out.
And carpets spread around.
And silken carpets spread.
Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?
Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?
Will they not regard the camels, how they are created ?
And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,
And at the sky - how it is raised?
And the heaven, how it is raised ?
And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,
And at the mountains - how they are erected?
And the hills, how they are set up ?
And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?
And at the earth - how it is spread out?
And the earth, how it is spread ?
Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.
So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.
Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
You are not a watcher over them;
You are not over them a controller.
Thou art not at all a warder over them.
But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
However, he who turns away and disbelieves -
But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment.
Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
Surely to Us is their turning back,
Indeed, to Us is their return.
Lo! unto Us is their return
Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.
Then indeed, upon Us is their account.
And Ours their reckoning.